Tuesday, June 12, 2007

10 Awesome Things About Me

"Brag about yourself," she's saying over at Ten on Tuesday. I guess noting that I'm very modest would be inappropriate, eh?

1. I'm very smart. Although I did a dumb thing in burning too many brain cells, I'm still very smart. Always have been. Intend to always be.

2. I'm quick-witted. It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I can chew up the best of 'em.

3. I am always willing to lend a hand, to a family member, to a friend, to a stranger. Could that also belong on the deficit side of the list? I suppose, but I like it better as an asset.

4. I -- along with Pete -- produced three gorgeous children.

5. I -- along with Pete -- am raising three happy, healthy children.

6. I can bullshit my way out of any situation.

7. I am an excellent writer.

8. I am very lucky. Just when it looks like I'm in a scrape I can't get out of, a miracle occurs and I emerge (nearly) unscathed.

9. Although I didn't appreciate them enough as a youngster or young adult, I am blessed with a strong, intelligent, beautiful, loving mother and sister...and many other female relatives of the same ilk.

#10 isn't fair at all considering what you told me in your email. I'm 32 and I have dark hair with way too much gray already. My friend Rebecca is 32 also and she agrees that there is something about being 32 - the gray just keeps cropping up EVERYWHERE. At 31, not so much. I don't think I will care about wrinkles, but having to color my hair will be horrible. I'm a low maintenance kind of gal. Ugh!

I can agree with you for myself on most of these besides the children ones because I am not a parent yet. I love the bullshit in #6. I once told a supervisor that heard I was doing 8-balls that it was just pool. If that is good in a mental health and drug abuse center, then I don't know what is. I also don't have grey hair yet, but I never will (it will be gone long before that.)